Physical education teachers today use all types of teaching models to provide the best service to their students. A specific example of a teaching model is wilderness sports/adventure education. The purpose of this essay will be to describe the development of adventure education and nature sports in today's physical education classrooms and to comprehensively explain the teaching model to those who are unfamiliar with it. Public interest in outdoor recreation has increased significantly in recent years. decades. The importance of healthy activity in the natural environment has also seen a positive increase. While adults may understand the importance of healthy outdoor activities, children need to be more active and go outside to play. Today's generation of children is so “connected” to video games, iPods, cell phones and computers that almost all “play” occurs electronically. Kids no longer come home from school and play tag, kickball, or even hopscotch with their friends. Nowadays, children are turning directly to technology to play and communicate with friends. One of the main results of this is the significant increase in overweight children and childhood obesity. Childhood obesity and early-onset diabetes are at all-time highs in this country. This directly translates to children spending far less time active and outdoors compared to time spent sedentary indoors. Through these trends, it has been made possible for physical education educators to cultivate and implement a nature/adventure sports education program in physical education. So, what is nature sports/adventure education? They are two separate units, similar, but different. Adventure Education is more than likely the fifth…article center…physical exam and wild athletes” (January 1, 2007). Texas Medical Center Dissertations (via ProQuest). Article AAI1445481.”Human Health and Performance. “What is Adventure Education? Department of Health and Human Performance. Web. 04 April 2012. .Kelly, Luke E. and Vincent J. Pomegranate. Physical Education Curriculum Development: An Outcomes-Based Approach. Champaign (IL): Human Kinetics, 2004. Print.Lund, Jacalyn Lea, and Deborah Tannehill. Standards-Based Physical Education Curriculum Development Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2005. Print."Welcome to Project Adventure, Leaders InAdventure and Experience. based on learning." Project Adventure. Web. 04 April. 2012. .